The army said there was nothing illegal or secret about the properties as Buratai listed them in his Assets Declaration Form.
Reacting to a media report on the issue, the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman, said that contrary to the report, Buratai never served as Army’s Director of Procurement and does not have any account in Skye Bank.
It was learnt last night that the Presidency was not yet aware of the petition against Buratai and his family.
Usman, in a statement, dismissed the brains behind the petition that triggered the media report – “Concerned Soldiers and Officers from the North East” as unscrupulous elements.
He said: “The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to another round of campaign of calumny against the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai and his family by some unscrupulous elements as contained in an online medium story titled “Revealed: Buhari’s Chief Of Army Staff, General Buratai, wives own Dubai property”, alleging that Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Tukur Buratai, and his two wives are joint owners of a Dubai property that was paid for in one transaction posted on the website, this evening.
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